New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How do you leave hobby mode and enter business mode, for a side project?

Ask HN: How do you leave hobby mode and enter business mode, for a side project?
4 by syndicatedjelly | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Like many of you, I seek refuge in my programming side-projects by treating them as hobbies. I pursue projects and learn things that have no relevance to my specific day job. I spend weeks exploring rabbit holes because, well, it's fun. I am under no pressures in my hobbies. One of my programming hobby projects has become a joint venture with a friend, and now we're getting serious about turning it into a business. What started out as a way for me to try out some new frameworks and tools I've wanted to experiment with, is now on the cusp of being the IP for a registered business. We want to start paying contractors to do more coding work (I have barely any time, but will continue to oversee and guide the higher vision while someone does more of the coding). We want to also be able to accept money from people in exchange for licenses. The thing is...this all seems like a pipe dream still, even though it's becoming very real. I still retain those hobbyist tendencies with this project. I spend hours tweaking things just so, spending times staring at the trees and forgetting about the forest. I know I need to step back and get this project done, but I'm having trouble taking that final step back (likely for good, once we hire someone else). Does this make sense? Am I overthinking things? Does anyone have words of advice?

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